Interesting analysis of McCain’s VP choice Sarah Palin (R-AK) and his general economic plan here. I basically share the same concerns about Palin, lack of experience (I mean 4 years as mayor of 9,000 person town and 2 years as governor of one of the least populated states, really?) and possible ethics violations (see here). [...]
Archive for August, 2008
John Kerry is that you?
Posted in politics, tagged DNC, Kerry, McCain on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After listening to all of last nights DNC speeches on youtube, the one that stood out the most was that of John Kerry. Yes Bill Clinton is an amazing orator, and Biden was he may lack in detail he makes up for in personality, but John Kerry was always somewhere between Al Gore and Sounds [...]
Teaching Archaeology
Posted in teaching, tagged archaeology, excavation, teaching on August 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Today was my first real day of teaching. It was basically an introduction about the basics of archaeology. So naturally I had to show a clip of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, it was to show the difference between what Indiana Jones does in the jungles of South America (looting) and [...]
Initiation
Posted in politics, tagged manhood, politics on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was emailing back and forth with my dad about politics. We were talking about at what point did we begin seriously following the current election. I figured that I had been following politics closely for about a year, the first time in my life that I had really done so. I’ve always been interested [...]
Day 1
Posted in teaching, tagged archaeology, teaching on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today began my (hopefully long and illustrious) teaching career. I have 8 students in my Into to Archaeology class; 3 seniors, 3 juniors, and 2 freshman. Some are anthropology majors, three have been on a dig, and one is a music major. So it will be an interesting mix and hopefully 2 or 3 more [...]
Facts and Myths
Posted in politics, tagged chain email, facts, McCain, obama, rumors on August 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Two good sites that give the truth behind rumors involving Obama and McCain. The sites are easy to use and as far as I can tell accurate in their information. The Obama site was originally started to counteract the absurd chain emails and other smear tactics. However as a number of rumors involving McCain surfaced, [...]
Hobbins on Trinity
Posted in politics, tagged Chicago, obama, Rev. Wright, Trinity on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a string of posts on his blog (beginning here and continuing for several posts), John Hobbins makes some very salient points about Barack Obama, his salvation, his church, african-american churches in general, and church in general. I love the atmosphere that John describes, with Baptists holding signs reading “God Hates Obama” and black men [...]
Semester Begins
Posted in dissertation on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This coming Monday the semester begins. I will be teaching Intro to Archaeology Monday and Wednesday with a lab on Friday. I will also have my Dissertation Proposal class Wednesday afternoon, still work 20 hours a week as Assistant Editor in the archaeology building, and try to study for comps. So basically I will be [...]
Troops Favor Obama?
Posted in politics, tagged McCain, military, obama on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Current tallies show Obama leading McCain by a 6:1 count. Although it appears that the number is insignificant as to how the military will vote as a whole, it at least shows that those who feel more strongly about a candidate favor Obama.
Trip to Chicago
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baqah valley, Oriental Institute, Powell's Bookstore on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
7 Andrews archaeology students/professors went to the Oriental Institute and to Powell’s Bookstore in Chicago. I was very excited because I found McGovern’s Baqah Valley volume and Pritchard’s Tell es-Sa’idiyeh volumes, which are two important works I will have to reference often for my thesis on Safut. I also got Seller’s Beth-zur volume (important for [...]
